Improved cotton-bale tie



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No. 77,277. Patented Apr. 28, 1868.

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Be it known that I, J. H. GOOOH, of Cheraw,lin the district of Chesterfield, and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and improved Bale-Tie; and I `do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. Y

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the centre of the hoop and buckle.

This invention relates to that class of bale-ties in which the ends of the hoop are secured in a single slotted.

plate, and consists in so forming the slots and tongues of the plate that the hoop can be more easilyl attached and fastened than by any other tie, and that, when once fastened, it cannot be untied, and will not beliable` tofracture.

In the drawings, A represents thel metallic plate which forms the body of the tie, across the .upper side of which is a depressed bed, a, for the hoop t'o liein. This plate is slotted at B and C C', as shown in the drawings, leaving the sides of the plate connected by the bars-c, c1,- and c?, and almost connected by two tongues, m and n, which project nearly across the slot C C, so that their ends almost meet. A

The length of the slot B is equal to the width of the hoop, but'the slot C l is of larger dimensions, extending beyond the wall of the depression a'inlto the side of the tie at two points e e', so as to form an angular recess at each point, the inclined sides of thc angle being shown at z'z". l

The plate' being thusA formed, the connection between the ends of the ho'op,.wh,en the latter is applied to the bale, is e'ectedas follows I first pass one end -of the hoop over the bars c el, and down through the part C. of the other slot, then under the bar c1, then up through thc slot B, then'over the bar c, then down behind, and then forward under said bar c, as shown clearlyjn iig. 2.

This forms a very secure attachment on that side ofthe tie,`which will hold as long as the hoop itself will hold. A.

' Y l i v One end of the hoop H being thus fastened to the plate, the hoop isplaced around the bale, and the other end. of it is doubled back at 'the proper point, las shown at 1', forming a loop-or bight, t. The lower right-hand edge of this loop is slipped under the tongue m, the latter entering between the two walls of the loop. The loop is thus forced4 upon the tongue until its left-hand edge clears the small tongue n, at which point the right- .hand edge of the loop will have been forced up the incline t', and will rest at the end of the vrecess c. When` vthe loop has reached this position, the operator 'relaxes his hold, andallows the expansion ofthe bale to draw the loop back down the incline till its edges rest securely against the tongues m anda; or he may first draw the loop back to this position, and then relax hishold of it.

The hoop will thus be firmly tied to the bale, and the tighter thelatter may have been compress-ed, the stronger will be the, fastening of the ends of the hoop. The groove or depression c a protects the hoop from coming` in Acontact with spikes in the wharf, &c., by which it might be cut or torn so as'to be rendered useless.

I H aving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and'desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is-

The plate A, constructedwith the depression a a, the b'ars c el c, thetongues'm n, and the slots BY and C G', thelattcr s'lot being-constructed with the recesses e e', having the inclined edges z' i', and the whole appa- 'ratus operating substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

To the above specification of my improvement, I have signed my hand, this twenty-sixth day of February, .1,868.

J. H. GOOCH.

I Witnesses:

W. L. T.`PRINCE, TI SILEs'. 

